This video was shot in 40 cities on 5 continents. It shows 121 performances containing 300 performers, who between them perform to tens of thousands of people every day.
They are street performers, “buskers”, a misrepresented source of free art that is accessible by every city-dweller in the world. We've seen them being enjoyed in every city on our journey.
And what a trip. The three of us, three first-time filmmakers with little experience and without the backing of sponsors or a production company, have spent the last 10 months travelling around the world to film street performers, examine their lives, and bring their beauty to you.
We’ve spent a week filming and interviewing performers in each destination, before moving on.
We’ve taken ten flights, thirty-three trains, ten buses, and eight ferries.
To afford the trip, we have had to couch surf to make it around the world, and have slept on forty one different couches.
We are tired, but have recorded over 6TB of high definition…
This video was shot in 40 cities on 5 continents. It shows 121 performances containing 300 performers, who between them perform to tens of thousands of people every day.
They are street performers, “buskers”, a misrepresented source of free art that is accessible by every city-dweller in the world. We've seen them being enjoyed in every city on our journey.
And what a trip. The three of us, three first-time filmmakers with little experience and without the backing of sponsors or a production company, have spent the last 10 months travelling around the world to film street performers, examine their lives, and bring their beauty to you.
We’ve spent a week filming and interviewing performers in each destination, before moving on.
We’ve taken ten flights, thirty-three trains, ten buses, and eight ferries.
To afford the trip, we have had to couch surf to make it around the world, and have slept on forty one different couches.
We are tired, but have recorded over 6TB of high definition…
One idle Sunday, a happy couple decided to walk the Brooklyn Bridge. They may have gone a bridge too far.
Created for the 2010 online film festival at NP2K.com — won Best Film.
Nominated for Best Comedy Micro Picture, Bare Bones Film Festival, 2011.
In 2012, aired on "Reel 13 Shorts" on WNET-13, the biggest PBS station in America.
Justino - "A história de um homem que vendia fogo".
um filme de Carlos Amaral.
- Vencedor do ShortCutz Lisboa (Fevereiro).
Presença em festivais:
-Eat My Shorts Film Festival
-Frederick Film Festival
-FestFilmes – Festival do Audiovisual Luso Afro Brasileiro
-3ª edição do Curtas e Vinho Verde
-Madeira Film Festival
-Curtas HC Porto ( Porto7)
-Festival Cortéx
-Short Shorts ( Cortometrages Iberoamericanas´2)
-Short Film Festival of Cyprus
- Era New Horizons Film Festival
- San Antonio Film Festival
- Deep Fried Film Festival
- I've Seen Films - International Film FestivaL
- Cine Eco
- Sintetitza - Festival Internacional de Curtas dos Pirinéus
- Shortcutz Porto
- First Step Film Fest
-K3: International Short Film Festival Villach
"ALTIN KEPENK Short Film Contest WINNER"
Esnaf ve Sanatkarlar Derneği-İstanbul Ticaret Odası-İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi ve Kültür Bakanlığının Düzenlediği
"ALTIN KEPENK" Kısa Film Yarışmasın'da "EN İYİ FİLM"
"ANATOLIAN" Kısa Film Yarışması "FİNALİST"
"REEL 13" Short Film Contest "FİNALİST"
Yönetenler: Tufan Şimşekcan - Ozan Sihay - Ali Yılmaz
Oyuncular: Turgut Bağır - Zümre Ertürk - Kübra Teke - Burç Kümbetlioğlu
Teşekkürler: Seçkin Tuştaş-Dilber Canatan-Ahmet Dal-Mehmet Şimşekcan-Aydın Sihay-Terzi Neşet Usta-İnisiyatif Sanat Cafe-Akdeniz Sinema Kolektifi-Sihay Reklamevi
Atom Film / 2010
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